This capability is known as jettatura, a Latin term for a malevolent gaze with the power to harm, according to Alan Dundes, the late folklorist from the University of California, Berkeley, in an essay, “Wet and Dry: The Evil Eye.” Coss, author of Reflections on the Evil Eye. In Greek legend, for example, the monster Medusa can turn a man into stone with a single glance, says Richard G. The evil eye stems from the Greek theory that the eye can shoot rays that strike with harmful or deadly force. There’s a rich history, particularly from the Middle Ages onward, of often bizarre and elaborate folk practices-invocations such as kinehora being a rather tame example-aimed at thwarting the malicious intent or effect of the evil eye. Its place in Jewish lore is rooted in classical Judaism and Jewish folk religion dating to the Bible, the Talmud and rabbinic Midrash. The evil eye is one of the world’s oldest and most widely held superstitions.
Kinehora is a contraction of three Yiddish words: kayn ayin hara, literally “not ( kayn) the evil ( hara) eye ( ayin).” The kayn comes from the German for “no” and the ayin hara from Hebrew. In response to a reporter’s question about the chances of his movie, Mystic River, winning the Best Picture Oscar, Eastwood cried, “ Kinehora!” He explained that it was a Jewish expression used to ward off a jinx, one of countless protective folk actions intended to avoid, fool or attack evil spirits.
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